can not remove unknown devices in device manager

here is another link to a program  that may find something unusuall .

www.periform.com/ccleaner..

backup  before and when it asks you .

be carefull  with it if you have not used it before.

Hi Jay,

The only thing that i can think of is to do a system restore before the multiple devices started showing up again, but this time go through the updates before you install them and find anything that mentions the ndis driver. You can narrow it down in march since that is when the problem occurred. I have searched the microsoft kb articles and could not pin point an exact update that could have caused this but i am betting it has something to do with this driver. If you do find anything that mentions ndis skip that update and see what happens.                                                                                       

Daniel.O

Hi Jay,

The only relation that i found to aswebr.sys is to a "ndis im driver"

http://systemexplorer.net/file-database/file/aswebr-sys

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff556921(v=vs.85).aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff565778(v=vs.85).aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff565773(v=vs.85).aspx

This is a very unusual and rare problem as i haven't found a lot of information on it.

I don't think that this could be any form of malware, but the signs are definitely

pointing in Microsofts direction in terms of where this problem came from.

Daniel.O

Thanks Daniel O,  I think I also viewed those pages / links. And you'r right...not much information on this around.  My PC got an automatic update from the Windows Update Site (during the last week of March) and that's when this unknown device started to show up.  

Jay

has anyone tryed malwarebyts and superantispyware

to see if they find  anything ?

Haven't tried either of those yet. But  Norton Security Syite 6.2 and Microsoft's Safety Scanner finds no problems.

Jay

Mind you i could be wrong, it could be malware as there have also been instances where there are bsod's and aswebr.sys 

Running Norton Security Syite 6.2 and ran The Microsoft Safety Scanner - niether find any issues.

Jay